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English noun: death | |||
| 1. | death (event) the event of dying or departure from life | ||
| Samples | Her death came as a terrible shock. Upon your decease the capital will pass to your grandchildren. | ||
| Synonyms | decease, expiry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | alteration, change, modification | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | departure, exit, expiration, fatality, going, human death, loss, martyrdom, megadeath, passing, release, wrongful death | ||
| Instance hyponym | Crucifixion | ||
| Antonyms | nascence, nascency, nativity, birth | ||
| 2. | death (phenomenon) the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism | ||
| Samples | The animal died a painful death. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organic phenomenon | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brain death, cell death, cerebral death, gangrene, mortification, necrobiosis, necrosis, sphacelus | ||
| 3. | death (state) the absence of life or state of being dead | ||
| Samples | He seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cot death, crib death, defunctness, eternal rest, eternal sleep, extinction, infant death, neonatal death, quietus, rest, SIDS, sleep, sudden infant death syndrome | ||
| 4. | death (time) the time when something ends | ||
| Samples | It was the death of all his plans. A dying of old hopes. | ||
| Synonyms | demise, dying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, ending | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | grave | ||
| Part meronym | life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime | ||
| Antonyms | birth | ||
| 5. | death (time) the time at which life ends; continuing until dead | ||
| Samples | She stayed until his death. A struggle to the last. | ||
| Synonyms | last | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | end, ending | ||
| 6. | Death (person) the personification of death | ||
| Samples | Death walked the streets of the plague-bound city. | ||
| Instance hypernym | imaginary being, imaginary creature | ||
| Instance hyponym | Grim Reaper, Reaper | ||
| 7. | death (state) a final state | ||
| Samples | He came to a bad end. The so-called glorious experiment came to an inglorious end. | ||
| Synonyms | destruction, end | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | state | ||
| 8. | death (act) the act of killing | ||
| Samples | He had two deaths on his conscience. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill, killing, putting to death | ||
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